Tag: Tax Cuts - Tax Policy Associates

Posts tagged "Tax Cuts"

the laffer curve

Mar 31, 2025 Analysis

Untaxing – The Laffer curve, and the napkin that changed the world

Art Laffer drew a curve on a napkin in 1974 that he said proved that tax cuts would pay for themselves. This is sometimes right, and sometimes wrong – and it’s a mistake to just assume the answer without looking at the evidence. This article, written to accompany the first episode of Untaxing, looks at […]

Dec 20, 2024 Analysis

Tax cuts and tax rises: do tax cuts pay for themselves?

It’s often claimed that tax cuts will “pay for themselves”. There’s good reason to believe that some historic tax cuts have done precisely this – what does that tell us about proposals for tax cuts today? And what does history tell us about the potential to increase revenues by raising tax on the highest earners? […]